If you want to be overworked and underpaid, GNC is the place for you.
Pros
It is very difficult in many of my past jobs to get into management. At GNC they are always looking for new managers because of the high turnover so getting a store management position is easy. I work alone most of the time and do not have to share commision when working alone. As a manager I make the schedule so for the most part I am able to schedule myself so that I can go to any appointments (i.e. doctor, dentist, etc.) without having to use a vacation day to do so.
Cons
High turnover rate in part-time employees. Most stores run shorthanded when an employee quits or is fired. No lunch hours. Because GNC gives each store so few clerical hours, it is almost impossible to eat, go to the bathroom, etc. The management levels above store managers are so overwhelmed that they do not have time to deal with issues on a store level. If you need to even speak to upper management, you may wait days for them to answer your calls. As a store manager you might think that I simply manage...no, I do everything from waiting on customers to putting away freight, mopping and waxing floors and washing windows. GNC refuses to pay for those things. Too many cheifs and not enough indians. I will have one person in upper management tell me to do something one way and then am told by another that I did it wrong. One hand doesn't know what the other is doing. Very few woman in upper management. That may be because woman are too smart to be as overworked as men will allow. The longer you work and the more you prove yourself, the smaller your yearly raises are.